Multi-purpose interface for configuration data and user fabric data

ABSTRACT

An integrated circuit device may include a programmable fabric die having programmable logic fabric and configuration memory that may configure the programmable logic fabric. The integrated circuit device may also include a base die that may provide fabric support circuitry, including memory and/or communication interfaces. The first die and the second die may be coupled using a multi-purpose interface that may allow communication between the first die and the second die. The multi-purpose interface may allow concurrent access to the base die by the programmable logic fabric and the configuration memory by using multiple channels over the multi-purpose interface.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/235,984, entitled “MULTI-PURPOSE INTERFACE FOR CONFIGURATION DATA ANDUSER FABRIC DATA,” filed Dec. 28, 2018, which is hereby incorporated byreference in its entirety for all purposes.

BACKGROUND

This disclosure relates to interfaces for transfer of data in amulti-dimensional programmable logic device.

This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects ofart that may be related to various aspects of the present disclosure,which are described and/or claimed below. This discussion is believed tobe helpful in providing the reader with background information tofacilitate a better understanding of the various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Accordingly, it may be understood that these statements areto be read in this light, and not as admissions of prior art.

Programmable logic devices are a class of integrated circuits that canbe programmed to perform a wide variety of operations. To that end,programmable logic devices may include circuitry for sending andreceiving data. For example, a programmable logic device may includeprogrammable logic elements programmed by a form of memory known asconfiguration random access memory (CRAM). To program a circuit designinto a programmable logic device, the circuit design, which may becompiled into a bitstream, is transmitted and loaded into CRAM cells.Once programmed (e.g., with the bitstream), the programmable logicdevice may perform operations associated with the circuit design.Operations may, among other things, include data transmission and/ordata reception. As such, programmable logic devices may performoperations (e.g., configuration operations, logic operations) that mayinclude data exchange.

The highly flexible nature of programmable logic devices makes them anexcellent fit for accelerating many computing tasks. Thus, programmablelogic devices are increasingly used as accelerators for networking,storage, data center systems, communications, mobile applications,machine learning, video processing, voice recognition, imagerecognition, and many other highly specialized tasks, particularly thosethat would be too slow or inefficient in software running on aprocessor. As the computing tasks performed by the programmable logicdevices become more complex, more flexible and faster interfaces fordata exchange processes may be of benefit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various aspects of this disclosure may be better understood upon readingthe following detailed description and upon reference to the drawings inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a programmable logic device that isprogrammed with a circuit design, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a package including the programmable logicdevice where a fabric die is vertically stacked with a base die andcoupled through a multi-purpose parallel configuration interface, inaccordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example logical arrangement of theprogrammable logic device, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a fabric die of the programmable logicdevice that contains programmable logic fabric with embedded memory anda base die of the programmable logic device that contains non-fabriccircuitry that support operations of the fabric die, in accordance withan embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an example topology of the fabric diehaving circuitry for a multi-purpose parallel interface, in accordancewith an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an example topology of the base die havingan embedded network-on-chip (NOC) and of circuitry for a multi-purposeparallel interface, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an example topology of the base die havingcircuitry for a multi-purpose parallel interface and a differentconfiguration of the embedded NOC, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an example topology of the base die havingcircuitry for a multi-purpose parallel interface and an embedded NOCintegrated with a sector-aligned memory, in accordance with anembodiment;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of sector-aligned memory having embedded NOCcircuitry integrated with a sector-aligned memory and configurable toexchange data with the programmable logic die via the multi-purposeparallel interface, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a an example of data transfer between sectors of theprogrammable logic fabric using the system of FIG. 9, in accordance withan embodiment;

FIG. 11 is an example of data transfer from a sector of the programmablelogic fabric to a memory of the sector-aligned memory using the systemof FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a multi-purpose parallelconfiguration interface to exchange data between embedded memory orprogrammable fabric in the programmable logic die and the circuitry inthe base die, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating multiple channels on a fabricdie that may be used by a multi-purpose parallel interface, inaccordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating multiple channels on a base diethat may be used by a multi-purpose parallel interface, in accordancewith an embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a flow chart of a method to use multiple channels using amulti-purpose interface, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a retiming process that mayfacilitate the use of a multi-purpose parallel interface, in accordancewith an embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a timing diagram illustrating a process of retiming, inaccordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a flow chart of a method to perform retiming during the use amulti-purpose parallel interface, in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating the use of multiple protocolswith the multi-purpose parallel interface, in accordance with anembodiment; and

FIG. 20 is a block diagram of a data processing system that may use theprogrammable logic device to rapidly respond to data processingrequests, in accordance with an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS

One or more specific embodiments will be described below. In an effortto provide a concise description of these embodiments, not all featuresof an actual implementation are described in the specification. It maybe appreciated that in the development of any such actualimplementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerousimplementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve thedevelopers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related andbusiness-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation toanother. Moreover, it may be appreciated that such a development effortmight be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routineundertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those ofordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure.

When introducing elements of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the articles “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to mean thatthere are one or more of the elements. The terms “comprising,”“including,” and “having” are intended to be inclusive and mean thatthere may be additional elements other than the listed elements.Additionally, it should be understood that references to “oneembodiment” or “an embodiment” of the present disclosure are notintended to be interpreted as excluding the existence of additionalembodiments that also incorporate the recited features. Furthermore, thephrase A “based on” B is intended to mean that A is at least partiallybased on B. Moreover, unless expressly stated otherwise, the term “or”is intended to be inclusive (e.g., logical OR) and not exclusive (e.g.,logical XOR). In other words, the phrase A “or” B is intended to mean A,B, or both A and B.

The highly flexible nature of programmable logic devices makes them anexcellent fit for accelerating many computing tasks. Programmable logicdevices are devices that may include customizable and reprogrammablecircuitry that can perform digital operations and/or logic functions. Tothat end, programmable logic devices may be programmed by loadingconfiguration data into configuration memory (e.g., configuration randomaccess memory (CRAM)) that may be embedded in the programmable fabric.The configuration memory may store a logic design (e.g., state machines,truth tables, functions, etc.) that may control configurable logiccircuitry to facilitate performance of the programmed tasks. Theflexibility in the operations of programmable logic devices also allowsreprogramming of the configuration memory (e.g., programming a portionof a circuit design). For example, a system using programmable logicdevices may change context (e.g., change the type of operationperformed) by loading new configuration data to the configurationmemory. Due to the flexibility afforded by the customizable andreconfigurable design, programmable logic devices are increasingly usedas accelerators for machine learning, video processing, voicerecognition, image recognition, and many other highly specialized tasks,particularly those that would be too slow or inefficient in softwarerunning on a processor. As the complexity of the tasks increase, thedimensions of the configuration data also increase, and may benefit froma high-speed interface for loading configuration memory.

As discussed above, programmable circuitry in the programmable logicdevice (e.g., configuration memory, programmable logic elements, andembedded memory) may send and receive data (e.g., configuration data,user data, incoming data for processing by the programmable logicelements, data processed by the programmable logic data elements). Inorder to exchange data with external circuitry or other programmablecircuitry in the programmable logic device, the device may includehigh-speed interfaces. A high-speed interface may be used to increasethe speed of the programming and/or reprogramming operations, which mayreduce the amount of idle time during which the reprogramming tasks istaking place. The high-speed interface may also be used to increase thespeed of data transfer from the programmable logic elements, tofacilitate data processing operations. Moreover, programmable logicdevices may also have user memory that may be directly accessed by theinterface. Direct access to the user memory may facilitate diagnosticoperations, such as during debugging, testing, or emulation of a systemdesign, direct and fast access to the user memory may increase the speedof diagnostic tasks.

With the foregoing in mind, the embodiments described herein are relatedto high-speed interfaces that may be used to read or write data intoprogrammable circuitry in programmable logic devices. As discussedherein programmable circuitry may include embedded memory, such asconfiguration memory (e.g., CRAM), user memory (e.g., embedded randomaccess memory (ERAM), M20K), and/or programmable fabric, such asintellectual property (IP) blocks, programmable logic elements, andother circuits implemented in the programmable fabric. In the presentdiscussion, configuration data refers to data that may be loaded intothe configuration memory or other embedded memory, and fabric datarefers to data that is exchanged with the programmable fabric.

In certain embodiments, the programmable logic device may be composed ofat least two separate die. The programmable logic devices may include afirst die that contains the programmable circuitry and a second die thatcontains fabric support circuitry, such as memory and/or communicationinterfaces. The first die and the second die may be coupled via ahigh-speed interface that allows multi-purpose data exchange between thedies, and both the first die and the second die may include interfacecontrol circuitry. In order to provide access to different parts of theprogrammable circuitry, and in order to allow efficient data exchangewith different data types (e.g., configuration data, fabric data, fabricdata employing multiple protocols), the high-speed interface mayimplement multiple channels. Moreover, the channels may operate at anyfrequency and/or clocking technique to match the number of microbumps ina channel and the bandwidth of the internal bus. The high-speedinterface may be used to transport configuration data and/or fabricdata. The high-speed interface may be implemented using a 2.5D or a 3Dconnection. The coupling through the interface may take place via ahigh-density connection (e.g., microbumps).

In some systems, in some embodiments the programmable logic die may besectorized, as detailed below. In such systems, the fabric supportcircuitry in the base die may include network on chip (NOC) circuitry tosend and/or receive data (e.g., configuration data, user data) withsystems external to the programmable device and/or between sectors inthe programmable devices. The fabric support circuitry may also includesector-aligned memory. In some embodiments, the sector-aligned memorymay operate as a temporary storage (e.g., cache) for the configurationdata or user memory. By incorporating the NOC into the fabric supportcircuitry, the NOC may resolve periphery shoreline bandwidth issues ofthe fabric, while increasing the bandwidth of the fabric. In addition,the communication routes available via the NOC embedded in the fabricsupport circuitry may enable the fabric to implement design relocationsor reconfigurations, provide alternate pathways around powered-downsectors of the fabric, and provide security isolation features. The NOCmay be a source of configuration data and/or fabric data and may beintegrated to access the multi-purpose high-speed interface.

In addition to the above-described features, the fabric supportcircuitry may include, among other things, a device controller(sometimes referred to as a secure device manager (SDM)), a sectorcontroller (sometimes referred to as a local sector manager (LSM),region controller), a configuration network on chip (CNOC), data routingcircuitry, local (e.g., sectorized, sector-aligned, region-aligned)memory used to store and/or cache configuration programs (bitstreams) ordata, memory controllers used to program the programmable logic fabric,input/output (110) interfaces or modules for the programmable logicfabric, external memory interfaces (e.g., for a high bandwidth memory(HBM) device), an embedded processor (e.g., an embedded Intel® Xeon®processor by Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, Calif.) or an interfaceto connect to a processor (e.g., an interface to an Intel® Xeon®processor by Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, Calif.), voltage controlcircuitry, thermal monitoring circuitry, decoupling capacitors, powerclamps, or electrostatic discharge circuitry, to name just a few circuitelements that may be present on the second die.

By way of introduction, FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a system10 that may employ a programmable logic device 12 that can communicatevia a network-on-chip disposed on a separate die that does not includeprogrammable logic fabric, in accordance with embodiments presentedherein. Using the system 10, a designer may implement a circuit designfunctionality on an integrated circuit, such as a reconfigurableprogrammable logic device 12, such as a field programmable gate array(FPGA).

The designer may implement a circuit design to be programmed onto theprogrammable logic device 12 using design software 14, such as a versionof Intel® Quartus® by Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, Calif. Thedesign software 14 may use a compiler 16 to generate a low-levelcircuit-design defined by bitstream 18, sometimes known as a programobject file and/or configuration program, which programs theprogrammable logic device 12. Thus, the compiler 16 may providemachine-readable instructions representative of the circuit design tothe programmable logic device 12. For example, the programmable logicdevice 12 may receive one or more configuration programs (bitstreams) 18that describe the hardware implementations that should be stored in theprogrammable logic device 12. A configuration program (e.g., bitstream)18 may be programmed into the programmable logic device 12 as aconfiguration program 20. The configuration program 20 may, in somecases, represent an accelerator function to perform machine learningfunctions, video processing functions, voice recognition functions,image recognition functions, networking functions, or other highlyspecialized task.

To carry out the systems and methods of this disclosure, theprogrammable logic device 12 may take any suitable form that includesthe multi-purpose high-speed parallel interface, which increases thespeed of exchange of fabric data and/or configuration data acrossdifferent portions (e.g., sectors, dies) of the programmable logicdevice 12. The multi-purpose parallel interface may also allowreconfiguration of portions of the programmable logic device 12 whileconcurrently operating a circuit design by allowing concurrent exchangeof fabric data and configuration data through distinct microbumpchannels. As such, in one embodiment, the programmable logic device 12may have two separate integrated circuit die coupled via themulti-purpose parallel interface. The integrated circuit dies mayinclude controllers for the multi-purpose parallel interface, which maybe hard coded circuitry, a soft IP block, and/or custom logic.

One example of the programmable logic device 12 is shown in FIG. 2, butany suitable programmable logic device may be used. In the example ofFIG. 2, the programmable logic device 12 includes a fabric die 22 and abase die 24 that are connected to one another via microbumps 26. Themicrobumps 26 may couple an interface in the fabric die 22 (e.g., anFPGA microbump interface (FMIB)) to an interface in the base die 24(e.g., a base microbump interface (BMIB)), as detailed below. In theillustrated diagram of FIG. 2, the fabric die 22 and base die 24 areillustrated in a one-to-one relationship and in an arrangement in whicha single base die 24 may attach to several fabric die 22. Otherarrangements, such as an arrangement in which several base die 24 mayattach to a single fabric die 22, or several base die 24 may attach toseveral fabric die 22 (e.g., in an interleaved pattern along the x-and/or y-direction) may also be used. Peripheral circuitry 28 may beattached to, embedded within, and/or disposed on top of the base die 24.The base die 24 may attach to a package substrate 32 via C4 bumps 34. Inthe example of FIG. 2, two pairs of fabric die 22 and base die 24 areshown communicatively connected to one another via a silicon bridge 36(e.g., an embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB)) and microbumps38 at a silicon bridge interface 39.

Although the microbumps 26 and the microbumps 38 are described as beingemployed between the fabric die 22 and the base die 24 or between theedge devices, such as the silicon bridge 36 and the silicon bridgeinterface 39, it should be noted that microbumps may be employed at anysuitable position between the components of the programmable logicdevice 12. For example, the microbumps may be incorporated in anysuitable position (e.g., middle, edge, diagonal) between the fabric die22 and the base die 24. In the same manner, the microbumps may beincorporated in any suitable pattern or amorphous shape to facilitateinterconnectivity between various components (e.g., NOC) describedherein.

In combination, the fabric die 22 and base die 24 may operate as aprogrammable logic device such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA)device. For example, the fabric die 22 and the base die 24 may operatein combination as an FPGA 40, shown in FIG. 3. It should be understoodthat the FPGA 40 shown in FIG. 3 is meant to represent the type ofcircuitry and/or a logical arrangement of a programmable logic devicewhen both the fabric die 22 and the base die 24 operate in combination.That is, some of the circuitry of the FPGA 40 shown in FIG. 3 may befound in the fabric die 22 and some of the circuitry of the FPGA 40shown in FIG. 3 may be found in the base die 24. Moreover, for thepurposes of this example, the FPGA 40 is referred to as an FPGA, thoughit should be understood that the device may be any suitable type ofprogrammable logic device (e.g., an application-specific integratedcircuit and/or application-specific standard product).

In the example of FIG. 3, the FPGA 40 may include transceiver circuitry44 for driving signals off of the FPGA 40 and for receiving signals fromother devices. The transceiver circuitry 44 may be part of the fabricdie 22, the base die 24, or a separate die altogether. Interconnectionresources 46 may be used to route signals, such as clock or datasignals, through the FPGA 40. The FPGA 40 of FIG. 3 is shown to besectorized, meaning that programmable logic resources may be distributedthrough a number of discrete programmable logic sectors 48 (e.g.,region, portion).

Each programmable logic sector 48 may include a number of programmablelogic elements 50 (also referred herein as FPGA fabric) havingoperations defined by configuration memory 52 (e.g., configurationrandom access memory (CRAM)). The programmable logic elements 50 mayinclude combinatorial or sequential logic circuitry. For example, theprogrammable logic elements 50 may include look-up tables, registers,multiplexers, routing wires, and so forth. A designer may program theprogrammable logic elements 50 to perform a variety of desiredfunctions. The programmable logic sector 48 may also include user memory53. User memory may be in the form of embedded random access memory(ERAM), and/or memory blocks, such as M20K. A power supply 54 mayprovide a source of voltage and current to a power distribution network(PDN) 56 that distributes electrical power to the various components ofthe FPGA 40. Operating the circuitry of the FPGA 40 causes power to bedrawn from the power distribution network 56.

There may be any suitable number of programmable logic sectors 48 on theFPGA 40. Indeed, while the illustrated system includes 29 programmablelogic sectors 48 are shown here, it should be appreciated that more orfewer may appear in an actual implementation (e.g., in some cases, onthe order of 50, 100, or 1000 sectors or more). Each programmable logicsector 48 may include a sector controller (SC) 58 that controls theoperation of the programmable logic sector 48. Each sector controller 58may be in communication with a device controller (DC) 60. Each sectorcontroller 58 may accept commands and data from the device controller 60and may read data from and write data into its configuration memory 52or user memory 53 based on control signals from the device controller60. To that end and, as detailed below, the device controller may employa data register (DR) and/or an address register (AR) to access data fromthe configuration memory 52 or user memory 53.

In addition to these operations, the sector controller 58 and/or devicecontroller 60 may be augmented with additional capabilities. Asdescribed herein, a high-speed parallel interface may be used tocoordinating memory transactions between local in-fabric memory (e.g.,local fabric memory or CRAM being used for data storage) andsector-aligned memory associated with that particular programmable logicsector 48. Moreover, a NOC may be used to facilitate memory transactionsbetween multiple sectors, multiple dies, and between the programmablelogic device and external systems, as discussed herein. NOC may furtherbe employed for decrypting configuration data (bitstreams) 18, and forlocally sequencing reads and writes to implement error detection andcorrection on the configuration memory 52 or user memory 53, andsequencing test control signals to effect various test modes.

The sector controllers 58 and the device controller 60 may beimplemented as state machines and/or processors. For example, eachoperation of the sector controllers 58 or the device controller 60 maybe implemented as a separate routine in a memory containing a controlprogram. This control program memory may be fixed in a read-only memory(ROM) or stored in a writable memory, such as random-access memory(RAM). The ROM may have a size larger than would be used to store onlyone copy of each routine. This may allow each routine to have multiplevariants depending on “modes,” and the local controller may be placedinto any of those modes. When the control program memory is implementedas random access memory (RAM), the RAM may be written with new routinesto implement new operations and functionality into the programmablelogic sectors 48. This may provide usable extensibility in an efficientand easily understood way. This may be useful because new commands couldbring about large amounts of local activity within the sector at theexpense of only a small amount of communication between the devicecontroller 60 and the sector controllers 58.

Sector controller 58 may include circuitry to manage the high-speedparallel interface (e.g., DR Intercept interface (DRIP)). The high-speedparallel interface may allow fast loading of DR circuitry, which may beused for configuration operations (e.g., CRAM operations), user memoryoperations (e.g., ERAM operations), and/or test (e.g., scan chainsoperations). For example, a high-speed interface controller (e.g., DRIPController), located in a fabric die, and a base die DRIP Controller,located in a base die, may be used to coordinate operations in themicrobump interface, and may be part of the sector controller 58. TheDRIP controllers and the NOC circuitry may also coordinate operations toperform multi-sector high-speed data exchange between base die andfabric die. Each sector controller 58 thus may communicate with thedevice controller 60, which may coordinate the operations of the sectorcontrollers 58 and convey commands initiated from outside the FPGA 40.To support this communication, the interconnection resources 46 may actas a network between the device controller 60 and each sector controller58. The interconnection resources may support a wide variety of signalsbetween the device controller 60 and each sector controller 58. In oneexample, these signals may be transmitted as communication packets.

The FPGA 40 may be electrically programmed. With electrical programmingarrangements, the programmable elements 50 may include one or more logicelements (wires, gates, registers, etc.). For example, duringprogramming, configuration data is loaded into the configuration memory52 using pins to transceiver circuitry 44 and input/output circuitry 42.In one example, the configuration memory 52 may be implemented asconfiguration random-access-memory (CRAM) cells. The use ofconfiguration memory 52 based on RAM technology is described herein isintended to be only one example. Moreover, configuration memory 52 maybe distributed (e.g., as RAM cells) throughout the various programmablelogic sectors 48 the FPGA 40. The configuration memory 52 may provide acorresponding static control output signal that controls the state of anassociated programmable logic element 50 or programmable component ofthe interconnection resources 46. The output signals of theconfiguration memory 52 may be applied to configure the gates ofmetal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors that control the states ofthe programmable logic elements 50 or programmable components of theinterconnection resources 46.

As stated above, the logical arrangement of the FPGA 40 shown in FIG. 3may result from a combination of the fabric die 22 and base die 24. Thecircuitry of the fabric die 22 and base die 24 may be divided in anysuitable manner. In one example, shown in block diagram form in FIG. 4,the fabric die 22 contains primarily programmable logic fabricresources, such as the programmable logic elements 50, configurationmemory 52, and user memory 53, and may be arranged in sectors such assectors 65A and 65B. In some cases, this may also entail certain fabriccontrol circuitry such as the sector controller (SC) 58 or devicecontroller (DC) 60. The base die 24 may include supporting circuitry tooperate the programmable logic elements 50, configuration memory 52, anduser memory 53. As an example, the programmable logic elements 50 mayexchange fabric data with the supporting circuitry in the base die 24and configuration memory may exchange configuration data with thesupporting circuitry in the base die 24. As shown here, the base die 24includes support circuitry 70A, which may support fabric sector 65A, andsupport circuitry 70B, which may support fabric sector 65B. The base die24 may also include support circuitry for other sectors of the fabricdie 22.

As discussed above, the multi-purpose interface may benefit from thepresence of NOC circuitry in the base die (e.g., base die 24). The blockdiagrams in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, and 8 illustrate an example of a physicalarrangement of the fabric die 22 and the base die 24 that may implementa NOC system. For example, a physical arrangement of the fabric die 22and the base die 24 is shown by FIGS. 5 and 6. In FIG. 5, the fabric die22 is shown to contain an array of fabric sectors 80 that include fabricresources 82 (e.g., programmable elements programmed by CRAM and/orcertain fabric control circuitry such as the sector controller (SC) 58or device controller (DC) 60) and interface circuitry 84. The interfacecircuitry 84 may include data routing and/or clocking resources or mayinclude an interface to data routing and/or clocking resources on thebase die 24. Thus, the interface circuitry 84 may connect with amicrobump (μbump) interface to connect to the base die 24.

FIG. 6 provides an example complementary arrangement of the base die 24.The base die 24 may represent an active interposer with several sectors90 surrounded by peripheral circuitry 28 and the silicon bridgeinterface 39. Although not shown in FIG. 6, each sector 90 may include avariety of fabric support circuitry, which may described in greaterdetail below. In any case, the base die 24, in some embodiments, mayinclude data and/or configuration routers 98, and/or data orconfiguration pathways 99. In some embodiments, portions of the data orconfiguration pathways 99 may communicate data in one direction, whileother portions may communicate data in the opposite direction. In otherembodiments, the data or configuration pathways 99 may communicate databi-directionally.

With the foregoing in mind, the data and/or configuration pathways 99may make up a network on chip (NOC) system 100. In the embodimentdepicted in FIG. 6, the NOC system 100 may be integrated between eachsector 90 of the base die 24. As such, the NOC system 100 may enableeach of the sectors 90 disposed on the base die 24 to be accessible toeach other. Indeed, the NOC system 100 may provide communication pathsbetween each sector 90 via routers 98 or the like. In certainembodiments, the routers 98 may route user data between sectors 90 ofthe base die 24, to sectors 48 of the fabric die 22, and the like. Sincethe base die 24 is separate from the fabric die 22, the NOC system 100may be continuously powered on, even when various sectors 48 of thefabric die 22 are powered down. In this way, the NOC system 100 of thebase die 24 may provide an available route to different sectors 48 ofthe fabric die 22 regardless of the positions of powered down sectors48.

In some embodiments, the NOC system 100 may include features such asQuality of Service management, Security Management, Debug andPerformance measurement and Address virtualization services, and thelike. In addition, the NOC system 100 may support caching features andinterconnect protocols allowing the memory components of theprogrammable logic device 12 to be part of a coherent memory systemsupported by a caching agent.

By vertically aligning the fabric die 22 and the base die 24, the NOC100 disposed on the base die 24 may physically span across the samesurface area of the fabric die 22. In certain embodiments, microbumpsmay be positioned at various locations between the base die 24 and thefabric die 22 to enable the NOC 100 to communicate data between sectors90 of the base die and sectors 48 of the fabric die 22. In the exampleembodiment of the NOC 100 depicted in FIG. 6, the NOC 100 may bepositioned around each sector 90, which may be aligned with acorresponding sector 48 of the fabric die 22. As such, the NOC 100 mayprovide additional horizontal and vertical routing wires or pathways tofacilitate communication between sectors 48 of the fabric die 22,between sectors 90 of the base die 24, or between sectors 48 of thefabric die 22 and sectors 90 of the base die 24. The additionalhorizontal and vertical lines provided by the NOC 100 may reduce theamount of quantization performed by the programmable logic device 12.

Although the data or configuration pathways 99 of the NOC 100 isillustrated in FIG. 6 as being routed around the sectors 90 of the basedie 24, it should be noted that data or configuration pathways 99 of theNOC 100 may be routed across the base die 24 in any suitable manner. Byway of example, FIG. 7 illustrates the NOC 100 implemented with data orconfiguration pathways 99 disposed across the center of the sector 90.As such, the router 98 may also be positioned in the center of thesector 90.

In addition, in some embodiments, the data or configuration pathways 99of the NOC 100 may be wider in certain sectors 90 as compared to othersectors 90. In any case, it should be understood that the data orconfiguration pathways 99 may be incorporated into the base die 24, suchthat serve desired functions or operations that may be specific to theoperations performed by the programmable logic device 12. That is, ifthe programmable logic device 12 includes functions that involveregularly transferring data across the fabric die 22, it may bebeneficial to use more of the base die 24 space to include data orconfiguration pathways 99 that take up more space on the base die 24 toprovide increased bandwidth.

With the foregoing in mind, the NOC system 100 may include the data orconfiguration pathways 99 that allow for efficient multi-dimensional(e.g., three-dimensional, two-dimensional) integration of the NOC system100 on the programmable logic device 12. Indeed, the NOC system 100 mayenable the fabric die 22 to connect to the peripheral circuitry 28 andother parts of the fabric without communicating via the fabric die 22 orthe programmable logic sectors 48 of the fabric die 22. That is, byemploying the NOC system 100 in the base die 24, the programmable logicdevice 12 may increase the available bandwidth for communication acrossthe programmable logic sectors 48 because the NOC system 100 providesadditional pathways to different parts of the programmable logic device12.

In addition, the NOC 100 resolves shoreline issues, supports fastreconfiguration, and enables relocate-ability of functions in theprogrammable logic sectors 48 based on the increased bandwidth andaccessibility to different portions of the fabric die 22 via the basedie 24. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the NOC system 100 may beintegrated with the sector-aligned memory 92 of the base die 24, suchthat it spans across the entire base die 24. As such, the NOC system 100may access different fabric sectors 80 through various routes in thebase die 24. In addition, the additional routes enable the NOC system100 to serve as functional bypass around powered down sectors 80 withoutaffecting the performance of the programmable logic device 12 byavoiding blockages across the programmable logic sectors 48 of theprogrammable logic device 12. That is, in some situations, certainsectors 80 of the fabric die 22 may be powered down, thereby preventingcommunication across the powered down sectors 80. In this case, the NOCsystem 100 may provide alternate communication pathways around thepowered down sectors 80 to maintain communicative connectedness acrossthe sectors 80 of the fabric die 22 regardless of whether certainsectors 80 are powered down.

The design relocate-ability of the programmable logic sectors 48 is alsoenhanced by the NOC system 100 because the NOC system 100 may accessdifferent sectors 80 of the fabric die 22. That is, the increasedcommunication flexibility provided by the NOC system 100 being disposedin the base die 24 enables the programmable logic sectors 48 to berepositioned in various sectors 80 of the fabric die 22, whilemaintaining communication capabilities between the relocatedprogrammable logic sectors 48.

Although FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate two embodiments with differentconfigurations for the NOC 100, it should be noted that the base die 24may be configured to include a data or configuration pathways 99 in avariety of shapes, forms, positions, and the like. For example, the dataor configuration pathways 99 of different sectors 90 may overlap eachother, the entire sector 90 may incorporate the data or configurationpathway 99, or the like. In addition, microbumps may be used tofacilitate communication between the NOC 100 and various sectors 80 ofthe fabric die 22 and the like.

In addition to facilitating communication of data between sectors 90,sectors 80, and the like, the presence of the NOC 100 in the base die 24may also provide the programmable logic device 12 to incorporateadditional circuit features by leveraging the NOC 100 of the base die 24to improve the communication across the fabric die 22. By way ofexample, FIG. 8 provides another embodiment of an arrangement of thebase die 24. Similar to the base die 24 described above, the base die 24of FIG. 8 may represent an active interposer with several sectors 90surrounded by peripheral circuitry 28 and the silicon bridge interface39. As shown in FIG. 8, each sector 90 may include a variety of fabricsupport circuitry, such as sector-aligned memory 92, memory controlcircuitry 93, non-user input control circuitry 94, non-user outputcontrol circuitry 95, a voltage regulator such as a fully integratedvoltage regulator (FIVR) 96, one or more thermal sensors 97, data andconfiguration routers 98, and/or data or configuration pathways 99.

Although the following description of the additional circuit featuresenabled by the NOC 100 embedded in the base die 24 focuses on theability to transfer data to and from the sector-aligned memory 92, itshould be noted that the additional circuit features are not limited totechnologies involving the sector-aligned memory 92. Indeed, the NOC 100embedded in the base die 24 may enable a variety of circuit operationsto be performed more efficiently and effectively via the programmablelogic device 12. However, for the purposes of discussion, certainoperations that involve the sector-aligned memory 92 and the NOC 100will be described to illustrate some of the functions enabled byincorporating the NOC 100 into the base die 24.

Referring back to FIG. 8, the memory control circuitry 93 may be used toprogram the sector-aligned memory 92, the CRAM of the fabric die 22, orboth. The non-user input control circuitry 94 and non-user outputcontrol circuitry 95 may allow the circuitry of the sectors 90 toexchange data and/or control signals (e.g., via configurable datarouting network-on-chip (NOC) or a configuration network on chip(CNOC)). In one example, the non-user input control circuitry 94 andnon-user output control circuitry 95 may operate as the sectorcontroller (SC) 58 for a corresponding fabric sector 80 (as shown inFIG. 5).

The FIVR 96 and the one or more thermal sensors 97 may be used toprovide a desired voltage to the corresponding fabric sector 80 (asshown in FIG. 5), enabling the voltage to be selectively scaled up ordown, or removed, depending on power and thermal specifications (e.g.,based at least in part on temperature as measured by a thermal sensor 97and/or in accordance with a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)scheme). Even though the thermal sensors 97 are in a separate die fromthat of the programmable logic fabric elements, when the base die 24 isdirectly adjacent to the fabric die 22 as in this example, thetemperature measured by the thermal sensor 97 in the base die 24 maycorrespond well enough to the fabric die 22 to allow fortemperature-based operations (e.g., turn off power to the correspondingfabric sector 80 to prevent a permanent-denial-of-service (PDOS)condition).

In certain embodiments, the data or configuration pathways 99 that makeup the NOC system 100 may provide communication paths between eachsector 90 via routers 98 mentioned above. As shown in FIG. 9, byvertically aligning the fabric die 22 and the base die 24 andincorporating the NOC 100 in the base die 24, memory located in the basedie 24 may be accessible in parallel to fabric sectors 80 of the fabricdie 22. FIG. 9 shows an example in which sector-aligned memory 92 may becontained in the base die 24. The sector-aligned memory 92 may bedirectly accessible to respective fabric sectors 80 of the fabric die 22and may contain user data (generated by or accessible by a circuitdesign programmed into the programmable logic fabric of the base die 24)or configuration data that may be used to program the programmable logicfabric of the base die 24. In this disclosure, “directly accessible”refers to a connection between a region of the sector-aligned memory 92that is associated with a particular fabric sector 80 and thatparticular fabric sector 80. In some embodiments, each respective regionof the sector-aligned memory 92 associated with a particular fabricsector 80 may be directly accessible to that particular fabric sector80, thereby providing each fabric sector 80 with direct access to thatregion of the sector-aligned memory 92. For example, there may be Nregions of sector-aligned memory 92 that can be accessible by Ncorresponding fabric sectors 80 at the same time (e.g., in parallel). Insome cases, the sector-aligned memory 92 may be accessible to more thanone fabric sector 80 or multiple sectors of sector-aligned memory 92 maybe accessible to a single fabric sector 80. Thus, in some cases, thesame region of sector-aligned memory 92 may be directly accessible tomultiple fabric sectors 80, while in other cases, a region ofsector-aligned memory 92 may be directly accessible only to a singlefabric sector 80. In the example of FIG. 9, the fabric sectors 80 mayaccess specific regions of sector-aligned memory 92. The sector-alignedmemory 92 is shown in FIG. 9 as vertically stacked memory. This mayallow a large amount of memory to be located within the base die 24.However, the sector-aligned memory 92 may occupy a single plane of thebase die 24 in some embodiments.

It should be noted that the fabric sectors 80 may initiate a transfer ofdata directly between memory locations of the sector-aligned memory 92of the base die 24 using the NOC 100, between different fabric sectors80 of the fabric die 22, between fabric sectors 80 and memory locationsof the sector-aligned memory 92, and the like. In certain embodiments,the sector controller (SC) 58 may initiate the transfer of data betweensectors 80 of the fabric die 22, between memory locations of thesector-aligned memory 92, between sectors 80 of the fabric die 22 andmemory locations of the sector-aligned memory 92, and the like. That is,the sector controller (SC) 58 may coordinate the operation of the NOC100 to facilitate the transfer of the data between the source anddestination targets, as specified by the section controller (SC) 58. Insome embodiments, the section controller (SC) 58 may act as a master toinitiate the respective transfer and the transfer would then beperformed using the NOC 100 after the section controller (SC) 58initiates the data transfer process.

By way of example, FIG. 10 includes a block diagram of illustrating thetransfer of data between sectors 80 of the programmable logic fabric viathe NOC circuitry 100 of the base die 24. Referring to FIG. 10, in oneembodiment, the sector controller (SC) 58 may initiate a transfer ofdata from sector “A” to sector “B” of the fabric die 22 using the NOC100 of the base die 24. That is, the sector controller (SC) 58 maytransfer data to a region of the sector-aligned memory 92 aligned withsector “A” of the fabric die 22, use the NOC 100 to transfer the data toa second region of the sector-aligned memory 92 aligned with sector “B”of the fabric die 22, and transfer the data from the second region ofthe sector-aligned memory 92 to sector “B” of the fabric die 22.Although the route of the data transfer illustrated in FIG. 10corresponds to straight paths, it should be noted that the datatransferred to different sectors 80 of the fabric die 22 or regions ofthe sector-aligned memory 92 may use a variety of directions and routes.

In another example, FIG. 11 includes a block diagram illustrating thetransfer of data from a sector 80 of the programmable logic fabric to aregion of the sector-aligned memory 92 via the NOC circuitry 100 of thebase die 24. Referring to FIG. 11, in one embodiment, the sectorcontroller (SC) 58 may initiate a transfer of data from sector “A” ofthe fabric die 22 to region “C” of the sector-aligned memory 92 usingthe NOC 100 of the base die 24. That is, the sector controller (SC) 58may transfer data to a first region of the sector-aligned memory 92aligned with sector “A” of the fabric die 22 and use the NOC 100 totransfer the data to region “C” of the sector-aligned memory 92 viadifferent regions of the sector-aligned memory 92 or the like. Like FIG.10, although the route of the data transfer illustrated in FIG. 11corresponds to straight paths, it should be noted that the datatransferred to different regions of the sector-aligned memory 92 may usea variety of directions and routes. It should be noted that othersuitable circuits may also be employed to transfer the data inaccordance with the embodiments presented herein.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the sector controller (SC) 58 may initiatea transfer of data directly between memory locations within the base die24 using the NOC system 100. In this case, the sector controller (SC) 58may act as the master to initiate the transfer, but then the transferswould be performed directly in the sector-aligned memory 92 and the NOCsystem 100 of the base die 24 after the sector controller (SC) 58initiates the transfer. It should also be mentioned that, in someembodiments, that the sector controller (SC) 58 and similar componentsof the fabric die 22 may also initiate the components (e.g., memorycontrol circuitry 93, non-user input control circuitry 94, non-useroutput control circuitry 95) of the base die 24 to perform transfersbetween the sector-aligned memory 92, the peripheral circuitry 28, andother components attached to the base die. As a result, data transfersmay occur in the base die 24 without involvement of components in thefabric die 22.

In certain embodiments, the NOC system 100 may also enable theprogrammable logic device 12 to provide security isolation for one ormore of the programmable logic sectors 48. That is, the NOC system 100may be employed to communicate certain sensitive or secure data to aportion of programmable logic sectors 48 that may be designated as asecurity portion of the programmable logic device 12. Third partyprogrammers may be unable to access the security portion of theprogrammable logic device 12 without access to the NOC system 100.Instead, the NOC system 100 may be limited to communication by certainprogrammers with a level of security credentials.

With this in mind, FIG. 12 illustrates one embodiment in which a basedie 24 may exchange data with the fabric die 22 via a high-speedparallel interface (e.g., microbump interface 102). The microbumpinterface 102 may couple the base die 24 and/or the fabric die in asector-to sector level. For example, a sector 80 in the fabric die 22may be coupled to a corresponding sector 90 in the base die. The sector80 of the fabric device may include a sector controller 58, a fabricmemory 130, which may be a configuration memory (CRAM) which may includeconfiguration memory 52 and/or user memory 53. Sector 80 may alsoinclude FPGA fabric 132, which may include programmable logic elements50. In some embodiments, read and/or write access to the memory may beperformed with the assistance of an address register (AR) 134 and/or adata register (DR 136). The AR 134 and the DR 136 may be used to loaddata into the fabric memory 130 and/or retrieving data from the fabricmemory 130. In some embodiments, the exchange between the fabric memory130 and the microbump interface 102 may employ the DR 136.

The microbump interface 102 may occupy a row or column of a fabricsector 80 and a portion of base die sector 90. The microbump interface102 may include interface circuitry in the fabric die 22 (e.g., FMIB103A) and in the base die 24 (e.g., BMIB 103B). The FMIB 103A and theBMIB 103B may be connected via a high-speed microbump interconnect. TheFMIB 103A may include a data exchange block FMIB DATA 106 and a controlblock FMIB CTRL 116. The BMIB 103B may include a data exchange blockBMIB 108 and a control block BMIB CTRL 118. As detailed below, controland command for data operations may be exchanged between control blocksFMIB CTRL 116 and BMIB CTRL 118, and data transfer for the respectivecommands may be exchanged between data exchange block FMIB 106 and BMIB108.

The microbump interface 102 may receive or transmit data via a datapath104, that may be established between a data exchange block FMIB DATA 106of the FMIB 103A and a data exchange block BMIB DATA 108 of the BMIB103B. The data exchange blocks FMIB 103A and BMIB 103B may be coupledthrough multiple channels, and may be coupled to each other via amicrobump interconnect, as discussed herein. In some embodiments, thedatapath 104 may be grouped into source synchronous channels (e.g., datais transmitted with clock signal) with individually centered clocks tomaximize micro-bump bandwidth. The interface clocking may be used tofacilitate communications and data transfer may be clocked using asingle data rate (SDR) clocking, a double data rate (DDR) clocking, aquad data rate (QDR) clocking, or a xY interface clocking. The microbumpclocking may be x2, x4 or xY faster with narrower data width (/2, /4or/Y) compared to the internal wider data buses. Based on microbumpdesign requirements, the microbump clock may be single ended ordifferential clocking. Data microbumps in the datapath 104 may employunidirectional RX and/or TX channels or common bi-directional channels.

The microbump interface 102 may also exchange control and/or datasignals through a control interfaces 114A, 114B, and 114C. The controlinterfaces may be established between control block FMIB CTRL 116 of theFMIB 103A and a control block BMIB CTRL 118 of the BMIB 103B. Thecontrol interfaces 114A, 114B, and 114C may be used to coordinateoperations between the DRIP controller 122 in the fabric die 22 and theDRIP controller 124 in the base die 24. The control interfaces 114A,114B, and 114C may coordinate operations to facilitate exchanges of databetween the fabric memory 130, the sector-aligned memory 92 of the basedie 24, and/or the NOC system 100 via the NOC router 98. Moreover, itshould be noted that remote requests to the microbump interface 102 mayarrive via the NOC system 100 in the base die, as detailed below.Moreover, as discussed above, the base die 24 may have additionalresources, including vector engines, compute-in-memory, and othercircuitry that may generate and/or receive data, and the microbumpinterface 102 may be used to exchange data between such circuitry andthe fabric memory 130. As with the datapath 104, control interfaces114A, 114B, and 114C may be source synchronous channels withindividually centered clocks to maximize micro-bump bandwidth. Theinterface clocking may be clocked using a single data rate (SDR)clocking, a double data rate (DDR) clocking, a quad data rate (QDR)clocking, or a xY interface clocking. Based on microbump designrequirements, the microbump clock may be single ended or differentialclocking. Control microbumps for control interfaces 114A, 114B, and 114Cmay be unidirectional or bi-directional, as detailed below.

As discussed above, the DRIP controllers 122 and 124 may be implementedusing a state machine that may be triggered by events. Events of thestate machine may be associated with signals exchanged in the controlinterfaces 114A-C. The Table 1 illustrates examples of signals that maybe used to perform commands and/or functions using the microbumpinterface 102. It should be understood that the this Table 1 is anon-limiting illustrative example of certain features in an embodimentof the microbump interface 102, and that variations and/or extensions tothis example are contemplated by this disclosure. Data microbumps forcontrol interfaces 114A-C may employ unidirectional RX and/or TXchannels or common bi-directional channels. In some embodiments, thecontrol interface may operate in an asynchronous manner.

TABLE 1 Example of control protocol used to operate microbump interface102 Interface Description Control Control interface 114A may be used tocommunicate with interface handshake protocols between the DRIPcontroller 122 and 114A the DRIP controller 124. DRIP controller 122 mayindicate the sector 80 is ready for DRIP interface operations with a“Ready” signal. DRIP controller 124 may indicate completion status forDRIP interfaces with a “Status” signal. The “Status” signal may includeadditional coding and, as such, control interface 114A may beimplemented using a single or multi-bit bus. Control Command from DRIPcontroller 122 to controller 124. May interface be used to request aconfiguration operation to controller 114B 124. This may be amemory-mapped interface over micro-bumps to push a command to a queue orfirst-in first-out (FIFO) buffer on the base die 24. A direct commandinterface may also be used. Control Command from DRIP controller 124 toDRIP controller 122. interface The command may be a remote command fromanother sector 114C 80 for a write or read operation. The remote commandinterface may be used to push a remote DRIP interface command coming viaa NOC interface. This may be a memory-mapped interface over micro-bumpsto push a command to a queue from the base die 24 to the fabric die 22.A direct command interface may be used.

The DRIP controller 122 in the fabric die may operate in coordinationwith the sector controller 58. To that end, DRIP controller 122 mayreceive instructions from sector controller 58 and/or control thecircuitry in the fabric sector 80, and provide instructions to the AR134 and the DR 136. For example, DRIP controller 122 may receivecommands from the sector controller 58 that may be associated withmanagement of the microbump interface 102. In such situation, DRIPcontroller 122 may generate signals for the appropriate controlinterfaces 114A-C. As discussed above, the microbump interface 102 mayalso receive commands from remote circuitry (e.g., circuitry in othersectors or in a different die) via the NOC system 100. In suchsituation, the DRIP controllers 122 and 124 may arbitrate the remoterequests and the sector control requests.

In some situations, the sector controller 58 may provide a legacycommand that does not account for operations using the microbump DRIPinterface 105A. In such situations, the DRIP controller 122 may generatecommands (e.g., override commands) that control the AR 134 and the DR136 based on operations that employ the DRIP interface 105A. Forexample, a sector controller 58 may request loading of configurationdata to the fabric memory 130 from data coming from a legacy interface.In such situation, the DRIP controller 122 may, in coordination with theDRIP controller 124, pull the data from the legacy interface and storein the sector-aligned memory 92 for caching purposes, and load theconfiguration data to the fabric memory 130 via the microbump interface102 through the DRIP interface 105A. The sector-aligned memory may becontrolled by a base memory controller.

As discussed above, the microbump interface 102 may implement multiplechannels to allow data transference between a base die 22 and a base die24. FIGS. 13 and 14 illustrate the interfaces that may be used toperform the data exchange, including coordination for transport ofconfiguration data and/or fabric data. The sector controller 58 mayassign any channel of the microbump interface 102 to transportconfiguration data and/or fabric data. FIG. 13 illustrates animplementation for the interface block FMIB DATA 106 that may havemultiple channels 150A, 150B, and 150C, and FIG. 14 illustrates animplementation for the interface block BMIB DATA 108 that may connect tothe multiple channels 150A, 150B, and 150C. The channels 150A, 150B, and150C may be coupled through datapath 104. The datapath 104 may have afirst set of data signals 156 (e.g., microbump data signals) which maybe unidirectional links from FMIB DATA 106 to BMIB DATA 108, and asecond set of data signals 158, which may be unidirectional links fromBMIB DATA 108 to FMIB DATA 106. Accordingly, the datapath 104 may be inhalf-duplex mode (e.g., bi-directional) when bound to the channels. Insome embodiments, all the channels may use a common number of data bits(e.g., the number of data signals 156 and data signals 158 may be thesame for all channels). It should be noted that, while the number ofdata bits used may be common, each channel may employ a different datatransfer rate by employing bitslicing and/or managing clocking signals,as detailed below.

The FMIB DATA 106 illustrated in FIG. 13 may implement channels 150A,150B, and 150C. Each channel may be accessed by the DRIP interface 105Avia DRIP block 155A, and the fabric data interface 105B via fabric datablock 155B. Each channel 150A-C may employ microbump I/O transmitbuffers 164, which may be coupled to outgoing data lines 160 andoutgoing clock lines 161 of the set of data signals 156. Access to theoutgoing data lines 160 may be controlled by a multiplexer 168 andaccess to the outgoing clock lines 161 may be controlled by amultiplexer 170. The local sector controller 58 may control themultiplexers 168 and/or 170. Each channel 150A-C may employ microbumpI/O receive buffers 166 that may be coupled to incoming data lines 162and incoming clock lines 163

The DRIP block 155A may include a receive block 172 and a transmit block174. The receive block 172 may receive data from the incoming data lines162 and a clock signal from the clock line 163. The receive block 172may have one or more RX bitslice blocks 173, that may be used to convertsignal from the narrower (e.g., /1, /2, /4, /Y) width of the high-speedmicrobump channel (e.g., width of the portion of the datapath 104 boundto the channel 150A-C) to the wider width of the relatively slower speedinternal DRIP interface 105A. For example, the signals of the channel150A in the microbump interface 102 may be operating using a 32 bits busat 1 GHz and the DRIP interface 105A may employ an internal bus thatoperates using 128 bits at 250 MHz to provide a common data rate. The RXbitslice blocks 173 may be used to perform buffering and/or queueingassociated with the bandwidth matching operation. More generally, the RXbitslice blocks 173 may convert data in a width of the internal data bus(e.g., data bus of the DRIP interface 105A) to the width of the datapath104 by choosing a clock frequency division and buffering that maybalance the data bandwidth. In some embodiments, each receive block 172may have pairs of RX bitslice blocks 173 (e.g., 2, 4, 6 RX bitsliceblocks) that may be used to accelerate the receiving process.

Similarly, the transmit block 174 of the DRIP block 155A may send datato outgoing data lines 160 and a clock signal to clock line 161. Thetransmit block 174 may have one more TX bitslice blocks 175, that may beused to convert the signal from wider data width of the DRIP interface105A to the narrower data width of the channel (e.g., width of theportion of the datapath 104 bound to the channel 150A-C), as discussedabove. The TX bitslice blocks 175 may be used to perform bufferingand/or queueing associated with the bandwidth matching operation. Moregenerally, the TX bitslice blocks 175 may convert data widths bychoosing a frequency divider and/or multiplier and buffering that maybalance the outgoing data rate. In some embodiments, each receive block174 may have pairs of TX bitslice blocks 175 (e.g., 2, 4, 6 RX bitsliceblocks) that may be used to accelerate the transmit process.

The fabric data block 155B may include a receive block 178 and atransmit block 180. The receive block 172 may receive data from theincoming data signals 162 and a clock signal from the clock line 163.The receive block 178 may have one more RX bitslice blocks 179, that maybe used to convert signal from the narrower (e.g., /1, /2, /4, /Y) widthof the high-speed channel (e.g., width of the portion of the datapath104 bound to the channel 150A-C) to the wider width of the internalfabric data interface 105B, as discussed above. Similarly, the transmitblock 180 of the fabric data block 155B may send data to outgoing datalines 160 and a clock signal to clock line 161. The transmit block 180may have one more TX bitslice blocks 181, that may be used to convertthe signal from wider data width of the fabric data interface 105B tothe narrower data width of the channel (e.g., width of the portion ofthe datapath 104 bound to the channel 150A-C), as discussed above.

The RX bitslice blocks 179 and the TX bitslice blocks 181 may be used toperform buffering and/or queueing associated with the bandwidth matchingoperation. For example, the signals of the channel 150A in the microbumpinterface 102 may be operating using a 32 bits bus at 1 GHz and thefabric data interface 105B may employ an internal bus that operatesusing 256 bits at 125 MHz to provide a common data rate. The bitslicecircuitry may providing clocking a buffering functionality toaccommodate the differences in the widths. More generally, the RXbitslice blocks 179 and the TX bitslice blocks 181 may convert betweendata widths by choosing a clock frequency division and buffering thatmay balance the incoming and/or outgoing data rate. In some embodiments,bitslice blocks (e.g., RX bitslice blocks 179, TX bitslice blocks 181)may be arranged in pairs to accelerate the transmit process or thereceive process.

The BMIB DATA 108 in the base die 24 may be configured using anarchitecture that may be similar in certain aspects to the FMIB DATA106. The BMIB DATA 108 illustrated in FIG. 14 may implement channels150A, 150B, and 150C, which may be accessed by circuitry in the base die24, such as the DRIP controller 124, memory controller 91, or NOC router98. The choice of the circuitry in the base die 24 associated with eachchannel 150A-C may be made based on the function being performed usingthe specific channel. As discussed above, a channel 150A-C may beassigned to the DRIP interface 105A, in which case BMIB DATA 108 mayemploy DRIP block 205A. A channel 150A-C may be assigned to the fabricdata interface 105B, in which case BMIB DATA 108 may employ fabric datablock 205B. Each channel 150A-C may employ microbump I/O receive buffers214, which may be coupled to incoming data lines 160 and incoming clocklines 161 of the set of data signals 156. Each channel 150A-C may employmicrobump I/O transmit buffers 216 that may be coupled to outgoing datalines 162 and outgoing clock lines 163. Access to the outgoing datalines 162 may be controlled by a multiplexer 218 and access to theoutgoing clock lines 161 may be controlled by a multiplexer 220. Thelocal sector controller 58 may control the multiplexers 218 and/or 220.

The DRIP block 205A may include a receive block 222 and a transmit block224. The receive block 222 may receive data from the incoming data lines160 and a clock signal from the clock line 160. The receive block 222may have one or more RX bitslice blocks 223, that may be used to convertsignal from the narrower width of the channel (e.g., width of theportion of the datapath 104 bound to the channel 150A-C) to the widerwidth of the base die circuitry (e.g., width of the DRIP controller 124,memory controller 91, NOC router 98). Similarly, the transmit block 224of the DRIP block 205A may send data to outgoing outlines 162 and aclock signal to clock line 162. The transmit block 224 may have one moreTX bitslice blocks 225, that may be used to convert the signal from datawidth of the base die circuitry to the data width of the channel (e.g.,width of the portion of the datapath 104 bound to the channel 150A-C),as discussed above. More generally, the RX bitslice blocks 223 and theTX bitslice blocks 225 may be used to perform buffering and/or queueingassociated with the bandwidth matching operation, by performing a clockfrequency adjustment and buffering that may balance the data ratethrough BMIB DATA 108.

Similarly, the fabric data block 205B may include a receive block 228and a transmit block 230. The receive block 222 may receive data fromthe incoming data lines 160 and a clock signal from the clock line 161.The receive block 228 may have one more RX bitslice blocks 229, that maybe used to convert signal from the width of the channel (e.g., width ofthe portion of the datapath 104 bound to the channel 150A-C) to thewidth the base die circuitry, as discussed above. Similarly, thetransmit block 230 of the fabric data block 225B may send data tooutgoing outlines 162 and a clock signal to clock line 163. The transmitblock 230 may have one more TX bitslice blocks 231, that may be used toconvert the signal from data width of the base die circuitry to the datawidth of the channel (e.g., width of the portion of the datapath 104bound to the channel 150A-C). As discussed with respect to otherbitslice circuitry, the RX bitslice blocks 229 and the TX bitsliceblocks 231 may be used to perform buffering and/or queueing associatedwith the bandwidth matching operation. Moreover, as discussed above, thebitslice blocks (e.g., RX bitslice blocks 223 and 229, TX bitsliceblocks 225 and 231) may be arranged in pairs to provide local pipeliningand accelerate the transmit process.

Each channel 150A-C may be assigned to the DRIP interface 105A or thefabric data interface 105B by programming of the multiplexers 168, 170,218, and/or 220. The programming of the multiplexers may be used tocontrol access of the transmit blocks (e.g., 174, 180, 224, 230) to thedata lines. The receive blocks (e.g., receive blocks 172, 178, 222, 228)may receive fanned-out data from the buffers (e.g., buffers 166, 214),and may be enabled based on the selected assignment. In someembodiments, this assignment may be pre-programmed (e.g., static, notaccessible in user mode) or reconfigurable (e.g., accessible in usermode). In some embodiments, the assignment may be made prior tooperation (e.g., configured using configuration data) or adjustable inruntime. For example, a channel 150A-C may be assigned to the DRIPinterface 105A during a reprogramming period and, following thereprogramming task, re-assigned to the fabric data interface 105B innon-user mode. In another example, a channel 150A-C may be initiallyassigned to the fabric data interface 105B, re-assigned, in user mode,to the DRIP interface 105A to allow a transfer of data between the basedie 24 and user memory (e.g., ERAM, M20K), and returned to the fabricdata interface 105B for further processing.

In some embodiments, the bitslice blocks may be shared by the DRIPinterface 105A or the data interface 105B. For example, in someembodiments, a single block, similar to DRIP block 155A or fabric datablock 155B, and having a receive block (e.g., receive block 172 orreceive block 178) and a transmit block (e.g., transmit block 174 ortransmit block 180), may be accessed by both the DRIP interface 105A andthe data interface 105B. In such system, a multiplexer may be used tomanage the block assignment. The flexible distribution of bitsliceblocks may allow optimization of the interface in view of the physicalfloorplan, the number of wires, and/or the logical protocols in theapplication.

The clock lines (e.g., clock lines 161 and 163) may provide clocksignals that may be centered with the data bits of the data signals inthe data lines (e.g., data lines 160 and 162). That is, a triggeringfeature (e.g., an edge) of the clock signal may be aligned with a centerof the data. Careful balancing of the clock signals and data bits maydecrease the bit-to-bit skew of the source synchronous transmit orreceive data buses of the channel. Such implementation may decrease thebit-to-bit skew between multiple data lines. The clock signals may besingle ended or differential. Moreover, as the clock lines aremultiplexed and, thus, independent, different channels 150A-C mayoperate at different data rates using different clock frequencies and/ormodes (e.g., single data rate (SDR), double data rate (DDR), or quaddata rate (QDR)). Circuitry in different channels (e.g., multiplexers,bitslicing blocks, and buffers) may be shared by the different channels150A-C. Similarly, a single channel may be accessed by more than oneinterface and each interface may have a bitslicing block configured todifferent data rates. As an example, a physical channel may be shared bya configuration data interface (e.g., DRIP interface 105A) and a fabricdata interface (e.g., fabric data interface 105B) operating at differentdata rates.

With the foregoing in mind, FIG. 15 illustrates a method 250 to exchangedata employing the multi-purpose interface (e.g., microbump interface102) discussed herein. In process block 252, a channel may be selected.The channel may be selected from available channels. In process block254, the channel may be assigned to an interface. The interface may be aconfiguration data interface (e.g., DRIP interface 105A) or a fabricdata interface (e.g., fabric data interface 105B). Assignment of theinterface may include enabling and/or disabling of logic blocksassociated with the interfaces and/or programming of multiplexers, asdiscussed above. In some embodiments, the multiplexers may be programmedby the local sector controller (e.g., sector controller 58). In processblock 256, bitslice circuitry may be programmed. It should be noted thatprocess blocks 254 and 256 may be executed at the same time. Asdiscussed above, the bitslice blocks may be adjusted based on the datarate of the data path and a width of the internal bus. In a processblock 258, data exchange may be initiated using the selected channel.

In order to perform fully synchronous read/write operations betweencircuitry in the fabric die 22 and the base die 24, a clocking mechanismthat may allow for synchronous round-trip timing may be used. Theclocking mechanism may perform retiming in the base die 24 based on theincoming clock signals. An example of an embodiment of retimingcircuitry 370 that may be used is illustrated in FIG. 16. FIG. 16illustrates communication between a FMIB DATA 106 and a BMIB DATA 108using channel 150A. In the illustrated example, the channel 150A may beassigned to the fabric data interface 105B, and therefore fabric datablocks 155B and 205B may be active while DRIP blocks 155A and 205A maybe disabled. Retiming circuitry 370 may include a local delay lockedloop (DLL) 372 and a remote delay line 374. The retiming circuitry 370may be used to generate a local clock 376 that may be used to clock thesource synchronous data received in the base die. Moreover, the retimingcircuitry 370 may be used to generate a programmable delay to the clockto align the return data to the fabric die clock using the TX dataretiming block 378. As a result, the retiming circuitry 370 may be usedto generate synchronous bi-directional operations between the fabric die22 and base die 24.

In this source synchronous bi-directional operation, outgoing datasignal 383, clocked to clock signal 382, may be synchronous to incomingdata 391, which is represented as clocked to a virtual clock signal 390.To that end, the DLL 372 may phase align the local clock 376 to thereceived clock 384. The local clock 376 may then synchronously samplethe incoming RX bitslice data 387. The local clock 376 may be used toclock the base die fabric logic. As the local clock 376 is trained bythe clock signal 384, the base die fabric logic may synchronously samplethe input (e.g., in a source synchronous manner). Moreover, the remotedelay line 374 may be programmed based on the clock signal 384 of theincoming data to time the operations of the TX bitslice of the fabricdata block 205B. The retiming of the clock signal may be used to emulatethe latency in the return communication (e.g., from base die 24 tofabric die 22). In some embodiments, the use of retiming circuitry 370may allow the clock line 163 to be inactivated, as the outgoing andincoming data may be effectively synchronized.

The time chart 400 of FIG. 17 illustrates the retiming operationperformed by retiming circuitry 370. Curves in FIG. 17 may refer tosignals indicated in FIG. 16. It should be noted that clock signal 390may refer to implicit clocks. That is, while no clock signal associatedwith clock signal 390 may be generated, data signal 391 may besynchronized to it. Clock signal 382 and data signal 383 may be providedby the fabric data interface 105B to the base die circuitry. Due tolatencies in the datapath 104, the base die may receive a clock signal384. The clock signal 384 may be used by the DLL 372 to generate a localclock signal 386 that may be locked to the fabric clock. In someembodiments, the DLL 372 may perform phase locking between the localclock 386 and the received clock 384.

The local clock signal 386 may be used to perform local clocking of thesource synchronous received data. The clock signal 384 may also be usedby the delay line 374 to determine a delay 402 that may be incorporatedto the return data to and generate return data synchronization, asdiscussed above. The delay 402 may be calculated using the line latency404. As such, the remote delay line 374 may incorporate the delay 402 tothe clock signal 384 to generate the delayed clock signal 388. The TXdata retiming block 378 may use the delayed clock to launch the TXreturn data. Due to the line latency 404, the returned data 391,implicitly synchronized to clock signal 390, may be aligned with theclock signal 382 at the fabric data interface 105B.

With the foregoing in mind, FIG. 18 illustrates a method 410 forperforming retiming based on a remote signal. In a process block 412, adata signal, clocked to a clock signal, may be received. In someembodiments, the clock signal may be a recovered clock signal from thedata signal. In process blocks 414 and 416, the timing circuitry mayprogram a delay line such that the return data to the fabric die becomessynchronous (e.g., remote training of the base die). To that end, inprocess block 414 the base die may program the delay line byincrementally increasing or decreasing the delay.

The delay element may be used to compensate for latencies in the dataline and/or latencies in the transmission path and minimize the skewbetween outgoing data and incoming data in the fabric die. In processblock 416, the phase synchronization may be verified. If the return datais not sampled correctly, the method 410 may return to the process block414 to further adjust the delay line to continue the training processuntil the a valid data window is achieved. If necessary a sweep ofdelays values in the delay line may be employed to identify the centerof the valid data window. The training process of the delay element tominimize the skew may be performed by a local sector controller. Oncethe training is done, by verifying a phase lock in process block 416,return data may be generated and synchronized to a clock generated fromthe delayed clock in process block 418. Accordingly, the data may betransmitted back to the sender of the remote data signal and may arriveat the sender synchronized with the transmitted data. It should be notedthat in some embodiments, the circuitry 370 may have components in thefabric die 22 to facilitate training the return microbump channels.

The fabric data interface 105B may allow multiple protocols to accessthe microbump interface 102, in a manner that employs differentprotocols simultaneously for different operations. To that end, thefabric data interface 105B may implement multiple protocol blocks.Protocol blocks may be implemented as hardened circuitry, customcircuitry, or soft IP blocks. The block diagram of FIG. 19 illustratesan example of a configuration of the microbump interface 102 that may beused to provide shared access of the microbump interface 102 to a DRIPinterface 105A and to a fabric data interface 105B implementing multipleprotocol blocks. FIG. 19 illustrates the FMIB DATA 106 coupled to theDRIP interface 105A and the fabric data interface 105B. The DRIPinterface 105A may interact with the fabric memory 130 through the DR136, as illustrated. The fabric data interface 105B may interact withthe FPGA fabric 132. In the diagram, the fabric data interface 105B mayinclude one or more fabric protocols that may intermediate thecommunication with multiple channels through protocols blocks 450, 452,454, and 456.

The block diagram of FIG. 19, the FMIB DATA 106 is illustrated as havingN channels 150A, 150B, 150C, 150D, and 150E. In the illustrated blockdiagram, only channels 150A and 150B are illustrated as having a DRIPbitslices block 155A and a fabric bitslices block 155B. It should benoted that all channels 150A-E may have a corresponding DRIP bitslicesblock 155A and fabric bitslices block 155B and, thus, may be accessibleto the DRIP interface 105A and the fabric data interface 105B. As anexample, the channels 150A and 150B may be shared by the DRIP interface105A and the protocol block 450 in the fabric data interface 105B.Sharing may take place by enabling and disabling the DRIP block 155Aand/or the fabric data block 155B, as discussed above. For example, whena programmable logic device is performing configuration operations(e.g., initial configuration, partial reconfiguration), channels 150Aand 150B may be assigned to the DRIP interface 105A. When theprogrammable logic device is performing user mode operations, channels150A and 150B may be assigned to the protocol block 450. In theillustrated example, protocol block 450 may implement a memory mappedprotocol, which may have asynchronous components (e.g., block 456A and456B) and/or synchronous components (e.g., block 458).

Protocol blocks of the fabric data interface 105B may also allow flow ofdifferent types of data (e.g., different protocols). For example,protocol block 452 may be a shared protocol block that provides accessbetween the FPGA fabric 132 and the microbump interface 102 using a NOCblock 460 and a streaming block 462. The protocol block 452 may provideshared access of blocks 460 and 462 to channel 150C. The diagram of FIG.19 also illustrates a debug and trace protocol block 454 that may accesschannel 150D and a fabric test protocol block 456, that may accesschannel 150E. Generally, the protocols implemented in the fabric datainterface 105B may be synchronous and/or asynchronous, and the data maybe processed using a SDR, a DDR, a QDR, or any other clocking and/ortriggering strategy, as discussed above. The clocking mode employed bythe protocol blocks may be based on the application. In applicationswhere low latency and/or fully synchronous operations may be of benefit,retiming strategies such as the ones discussed above may be employed.

As discussed above, the multi-purpose microbump interface 102 may allowmultiple different functionalities for either the configuration datainterface (e.g., DRIP interface 105A) and/or the fabric data interface(e.g., fabric data interface 105B). Tables 1 and 2 provide anon-limiting list of applications that may be implemented using themulti-purpose interface described herein.

TABLE 1 Operations employing configuration data interface (e.g., DRIPinterface 105A). Operation Type Function Read/write Fast parallel writeor read of configuration memory (e.g., configuration CRAM) to or fromsector-aligned memory or NOC. May data increase speed of configurationand/or partial reconfiguration. Read/write Fast parallel write or readof user memory (e.g., ERAM, user data M20K) to or from sector-alignedmemory or NOC. May increase speed of partial reconfiguration and/or usermemory context swapping. FPGA Fast parallel load of automated testpattern generation Test (ATPG) test vectors and/or data from usinglinear- feedback shift register (LFSR) circuitry from base circuitry andfast retrieval of test sequences for verification to base circuitry.

TABLE 2 Operations employing fabric data interface (e.g., fabric datainterface 105B). Operation Type Function Direct Memory Access Fabriccircuitry may directly access base die sectorized memory. Memory MappedInterfaces Fabric may use memory-mapped interfaces to access base diesectorized memory, NOC circuitry, and/or other base die circuitry.Examples of memory-mapped interfaces include Avalon Memory Map (AVMM) orAdvanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) Advanced ExtensibleInterface (AXI). NOC Fabric may directly access NOC circuitry using NOCinterface. The NOC interface may have extended features includingsecurity domains, Quality of Service (QoS), and other network features.Streaming Fabric may push streaming data to the sectorized memory, orNOC circuitry, and/or other base die circuitry. This may employ afirst-in first-out (FIFO) or a large memory buffer in the fabric.Streaming interfaces that may be mapped include an Avalon Streaming(AVST) or AMBA High-Performance Bus (AHB). Debug and Trace Fabric mayuse the sectorized memories or NOC as storage for debug and traceoperations. Examples of debug and trace operations include SOC captureand trace buffers for debugging traditional software, FPGA storage forreal time data capture to debug FPGA design (e.g., Signal Tap), and FPGAstorage for real time ASIC emulation data. Fabric Test Fabric may loadfast parallel test vectors from base memory or base LFSR circuitry andretrieve scan test data to base die circuitry for verification. Examplesof fabric test operation include use of vectors that test scan chains inthe programmable fabric, use of ATPG scan chains in ASIC emulation, useof traffic generators in the base die to verify ASIC prototypes in ASICemulators, and the use of large numbers of LFSR circuitry to performnoise and/or stress tests. Application Specific Interface Base die mayinclude circuitry that performs operations such as compute in memory,vector engines, or any other application specific use case. Eitherfabric may interact with this circuitry, directly or employing a memorymapped interface.

The programmable logic device 12 may be a data processing system or maybe a component of a data processing system. For example, theprogrammable logic device 12 may be a component of a data processingsystem 500, shown in FIG. 20. The data processing system 500 includes ahost processor 502, memory and/or storage circuitry 504, and a networkinterface 506. The data processing system 500 may include more or fewercomponents (e.g., electronic display, user interface structures,application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)). The host processor502 may include any suitable processor, such as an Intel® Xeon®processor or a reduced-instruction processor (e.g., a reducedinstruction set computer (RISC), an Advanced RISC Machine (ARM)processor) that may manage a data processing request for the dataprocessing system 500 (e.g., to perform machine learning, videoprocessing, voice recognition, image recognition, data compression,database search ranking, bioinformatics, network security patternidentification, spatial navigation, or the like). The memory and/orstorage circuitry 504 may include random access memory (RAM), read-onlymemory (ROM), one or more hard drives, flash memory, or the like. Thememory and/or storage circuitry 504 may be considered external memory tothe programmable logic device 12 and may hold data to be processed bythe data processing system 500. In some cases, the memory and/or storagecircuitry 504 may also store configuration programs (e.g., bitstream)for programming the programmable logic device 12. The network interface506 may allow the data processing system 500 to communicate with otherelectronic devices. The data processing system 500 may include severaldifferent packages or may be contained within a single package on asingle package substrate.

In one example, the data processing system 500 may be part of a datacenter that processes a variety of different requests. For instance, thedata processing system 500 may receive a data processing request via thenetwork interface 506 to perform machine learning, video processing,voice recognition, image recognition, data compression, database searchranking, bioinformatics, network security pattern identification,spatial navigation, or some other specialized task. The host processor502 may cause the programmable logic fabric of the programmable logicdevice 12 to be programmed with a particular accelerator related torequested task. For instance, the host processor 502 may instruct thatconfiguration data (bitstream) stored on the memory/storage circuitry504 or cached in sector-aligned memory of the programmable logic device12 to be programmed into the programmable logic fabric of theprogrammable logic device 12. The configuration data (bitstream) mayrepresent a circuit design for a particular accelerator functionrelevant to the requested task. Due to the high density of theprogrammable logic fabric, the proximity of the substantial amount ofsector-aligned memory to the programmable logic fabric, or otherfeatures of the programmable logic device 12 that are described here,the programmable logic device 12 may rapidly assist the data processingsystem 500 in performing the requested task. Indeed, in one example, anaccelerator may assist with a voice recognition task less than a fewmilliseconds (e.g., on the order of microseconds) by rapidly accessingand processing large amounts of data in the accelerator usingsector-aligned memory.

The methods and devices of this disclosure may be incorporated into anysuitable circuit. For example, the methods and devices may beincorporated into numerous types of devices such as microprocessors orother integrated circuits. Exemplary integrated circuits includeprogrammable array logic (PAL), programmable logic arrays (PLAs), fieldprogrammable logic arrays (FPLAs), electrically programmable logicdevices (EPLDs), electrically erasable programmable logic devices(EEPLDs), logic cell arrays (LCAs), field programmable gate arrays(FPGAs), application specific standard products (ASSPs), applicationspecific integrated circuits (ASICs), and microprocessors, just to namea few.

Moreover, while the method operations have been described in a specificorder, it should be understood that other operations may be performed inbetween described operations, described operations may be adjusted sothat they occur at slightly different times or described operations maybe distributed in a system which allows the occurrence of the processingoperations at various intervals associated with the processing, as longas the processing of overlying operations is performed as desired.

The embodiments set forth in the present disclosure may be susceptibleto various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodimentshave been shown by way of example in the drawings and have beendescribed in detail herein. However, it may be understood that thedisclosure is not intended to be limited to the particular formsdisclosed. The disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents,and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosureas defined by the following appended claims. In addition, the techniquespresented and claimed herein are referenced and applied to materialobjects and concrete examples of a practical nature that demonstrablyimprove the present technical field and, as such, are not abstract,intangible or purely theoretical. Further, if any claims appended to theend of this specification contain one or more elements designated as“means for [perform]ing [a function] . . . ” or “step for [perform]ing[a function] . . . ” it is intended that such elements are to beinterpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f). For any claims containing elementsdesignated in any other manner, however, it is intended that suchelements are not to be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f).

What is claimed is:
 1. An integrated circuit device comprising: a firstdie comprising embedded memory and a programmable logic fabric; a seconddie comprising fabric support circuitry, wherein the fabric supportcircuitry comprises network on chip circuitry configurable to provide aninterface for the first die to send data to or receive data from systemsexternal to the first die and the second die; and a microbump interfaceconfigurable to connect the first die and the second die, wherein themicrobump interface comprises a plurality of channels, wherein a channelof the plurality of channels is configurable to exchange configurationdata with the embedded memory and exchange fabric data with programmablelogic fabric.
 2. The integrated circuit device of claim 1, wherein thefabric support circuitry is configurable to receive first fabric datafrom the programmable logic fabric via the microbump interface and totransmit second fabric data to the programmable logic fabric via themicrobump interface.
 3. The integrated circuit device of claim 2,wherein the second die comprises retiming circuitry configurable to:receive a clock signal synchronized to the first fabric data; programdelay circuitry of the second die based on at least in part on the clocksignal to generate a return clock signal; and transmit the second fabricdata to the programmable logic fabric sampled by the return clocksignal.
 4. The integrated circuit device of claim 3, wherein theretiming circuitry is configurable to generate synchronousbi-directional operations between the first die and the second die. 5.The integrated circuit device of claim 1, wherein the channel of theplurality of channels comprises a first block configurable to exchangethe fabric data with the programmable logic fabric and a second blockconfigurable to exchange the configuration data with the embeddedmemory.
 6. The integrated circuit device of claim 5, wherein the channelof the plurality of channels comprises a multiplexer configurable toprovide access from the first block or the second block to the microbumpinterface.
 7. The integrated circuit device of claim 1, wherein thefirst die comprises first interface circuitry coupled to a configurationdata interface, and wherein the configuration data interface is coupledto the embedded memory via a data register.
 8. The integrated circuitdevice of claim 7, wherein the first interface circuitry is coupled to afabric data interface, and wherein the fabric data interface is coupledto the programmable logic fabric.
 9. The integrated circuit device ofclaim 7, wherein the channel of the plurality of channels isconfigurable to operate at a microbump data rate larger than an internaldata rate of the first interface circuitry.
 10. The integrated circuitdevice of claim 9, wherein the channel of the plurality of channels isconfigurable to perform a clocking adjustment to match the internal datarate to the microbump data rate.
 11. A method to reconfigure aprogrammable logic device, comprising: selecting for reassignment achannel of a microbump interface assigned to a fabric data interfacethat couples the microbump interface to programmable fabric, wherein themicrobump interface couples to a first die having the programmablefabric and configuration memory and a second die having network on chipcircuitry; assigning the channel to a configuration data interface thatcouples the microbump interface to the configuration memory of the firstdie; receiving a fabric configuration bitstream from the network on chipcircuitry of the second die; and programming the programmable fabric bywriting the fabric configuration bitstream to the configuration memoryfrom the second die to the configuration memory through the channel. 12.The method of claim 11, comprising providing an interface, via thenetwork on chip circuitry, for the first die to send or receive data orcontrol signals from systems external to the first die and the seconddie.
 13. The method of claim 11, comprising: receiving, at the seconddie, first data from the programmable fabric via the microbumpinterface; and transmitting, from the second die, second data to theprogrammable fabric via the microbump interface; receiving, at aretiming circuitry of the second die, a source clock signal synchronizedto the first data; generating a return clock signal using a programdelay circuitry of the second die based at least in part on the sourceclock signal; and sampling the second data to the programmable fabricusing by the return clock signal, and wherein the second data isreceived synchronously by the programmable fabric.
 14. The method ofclaim 11, wherein a microbump data rate is larger than an internal datarate of a first interface circuitry of the first die.
 15. The method ofclaim 14, wherein the channel is configurable to perform a clockingadjustment to match the internal data rate to the microbump data rate.16. The method of claim 15, wherein the clocking adjustment comprises adouble data rate (DDR) clocking, a quad data rate (QDR) clocking, a xYinterface clocking, or any combination thereof.
 17. An electronicdevice, comprising: a first die that comprises: programmable fabric;configuration memory; and first interface circuitry coupled to amicrobump interface; and a second die comprising second interfacecircuitry coupled to the microbump interface, wherein the secondinterface circuitry comprises network on chip circuitry configurable toprovide an interface for the first die to send or receive data fromsystems external to the first die and the second die, and wherein themicrobump interface comprises a plurality of channels configurable toexchange fabric data with the programmable fabric and to exchangeconfiguration data with the configuration memory.
 18. The electronicdevice of claim 17, wherein the first die comprises a plurality ofprotocol blocks, and wherein a protocol block of the plurality ofprotocol blocks is associated with at least one channel of the pluralityof channels.
 19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein theplurality of protocol blocks comprises a direct memory access protocolblock, a memory mapped interface protocol block, a streaming protocolblock, a debug and trace protocol block, a fabric test protocol block,an application specific interface protocol block, or any combinationthereof.
 20. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the secondinterface circuitry comprises fabric support circuitry configurable toreceive first fabric data from the programmable fabric via the microbumpinterface and transmit second fabric data to the programmable fabric viathe microbump interface.